Hi all. Just wanted to pop in and say 'thanks' for all the ideas. We will be planting our usual patio container garden this year, and thinking of ways to turn the rest of our urban lot into a vegetable production area with an entertainment area. Should be interesting.

We've found the best solution to squirrels is hanging baskets. Last year we put cucumbers and cherry tomatoes in them and had a bumper yield. We want more hanging baskets this year. We just have to figure a cheap way to get them. To buy the metal ones from the garden centre cost $50 each! Ack! Any other squirrel solutions that might be cheaper?

Have any of you read "The Frugal Gardener" by Catriona Tudor Erler? I like some of the ideas she has for gardening.

We have bird feeders that hang from metal garden hooks, the kind you put in the ground. Our squirrels cruise up and down those like tree bark. We have the little red squirrels, not the big gray ones. Maybe that makes a difference.

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we have a small garden I have chives, peppers, tomato, red onion, white onions, green onions, spring lettuce, radishs, cukes and pole beans..never done any other than tomatoes, chives and peppers before excited here......